New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress

New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Chinese manufacturer Huawei's flagship Ascend P2 smartphone can be operated by users wearing gloves.

It's just one of the innovations on display at year's Mobile World Congress -- a showcase of gadgets and gizmos that will allow us to wave goodbye to dying batteries, water damage and a whole range of perilous situations that dare to threaten the lives of our beloved mobile phones.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Fujitsu's Generation walking stick features GPS technology to track and monitor users

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – YotaPhone features both a color touch screen and a screen using low-power monochome e-ink

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Sensirion's tiny temperature and humidity sensors will put a weather station in the palm of your hand.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Spheron's robotic balls, which can be controlled by Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices, were a hit at the Mobile World Congress

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – In the absence of any new phones, HTC offered acrobatic Parkour displays.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Sony's Xperia Tablet Z is waterproof, making it ideal for using in the bath or outdoors in bad weather.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – The new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor comes with the ability to replicate a 7.1 surround sound speaker system via your mobile -- even through a pair of standard headphones.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Paddle is a shopping system that tries to make shopping online easier and safer. The idea is that e-commerce sites add a "buy with Paddle" button at the checkout, simplifying the payment process.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Nokia's 105 is a no-frills phone that just makes calls but boasts a 35-day battery life on standby. Sometimes it works just to keep things simple.

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New gadgets from the Mobile World Congress – Nvidia has been showing off real-time High Dynamic Range photography capabilities that automatically adjust a picture for light and dark areas on the fly.

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New gadgets from the Mobile World Congress – Ford has teamed up with Spotify to bring the music-streaming service to its Ford Sync AppLink cars in Europe. It's Ford SYNC AppLink allows drivers to control smartphone apps from the driver's seat, using voice control.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – FonePad, Phablet, call it what you will -- the phone-tablet hybrid is the next step in the evolution of mobile technology.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – French start-up Wysips has developed a transparent film (costing just over one dollar to make) that could bring an end to the dreaded dead-battery message forever. A photovoltaic display will let you charge your phone in the sun or even indoors via ambient light.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Chinese tech giant Huawei exhibits its water-resistant Ascend D2 smartphone in a fishbowl at their stand at the Mobile World Congress.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Nokia's wireless charging device is a pillow for your phone to rest on so that "it will wake refreshed and recharged". It is co-branded with Fatboy designer furniture and comes in a range of colors.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – LG introduced the world's smallest wireless charger at the show -- just 6.9cm in diameter.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – There's no need to worry about somebody sneakily reading your private messages ever again. Fujitsu's new flagship smartphone, the Arrows V F-04E, has "biometric security", which requires your fingerprint to unlock the phone.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – The 'phablet' seems to be MWC 2013's must-have item. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is an eight inch tablet with phone capabilities.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Asus' phablet is the PadFone Infinity: A five inch smartphone that, once slotted into a dock, becomes a 10.1 inch tablet.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – The Olloclip is the iPhone photographer's dream gadget: A quick-connect lens for the iPhone and iPod touch that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – A flamenco dancer performs for visitors at the Mobile World Congress to demonstrate the imaging capabilities of Intel's latest smartphone design.

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New gadgets at the Mobile World Congress – Two men test a new Samsung 3D device during the first day of the Mobile World Congress.